Mathematics Education (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring the Culture of Learning
Redaktion: Allen, Barbara; Johnston-Wilder, Sue

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mathematics Education identifies some of the most significant issues in mathematics education today. Pulling together relevant articles from authors well-known in their fields of study, the book addresses topical issues such as:

• gender
• equity
• attitude
• teacher belief and knowledge
• community of practice
• autonomy and agency
• assessment
• technology.

The subject is dealt with in three parts: culture of the mathematics classroom, communication in mathematics classrooms and pupils' and teachers' perceptions. Students on postgraduate courses in mathematics education will find this book a valuable resource. Students on BEd and PGCE courses will also find this a useful source of reference as will teachers of mathematics, mentors and advisers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134338832
• Artikelnr.: 47884587

Autorenporträt

Barbara Allen (Author) , Sue Johnston-Wilder (The Open University University of Warwick, UK) (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Issues in researching mathematics learning Section 1: Culture
of the mathematics classroom 1. Images of mathematics, values and gender: a
philosophical perspective 2. Towards a sociology of learning in primary
schools3. Learners as authors in mathematics classrooms 4. Paradigmatic
conflicts in informal mathematics assessment as sources of social
inequity5. Constructing the 'legitimate' goal of a 'realistic' mathematics
item: a comparison of 10-11 and 13-14 year olds 6. Establishing a community
of practice in a secondary mathematics classroom Section 2: Communication
in mathematics classrooms 7. Mathematics, social class and linguistic
capital: an analysis of mathematics classroom interactions8. What is the
role of diagrams in communication of mathematical activity? 9. 'The
Whispers' : rival classroom discourses and inquiry mathematics10. Steering
between skills and creativity: a role for the computer?Section 3: Pupils'
and teachers' perceptions 11. The relationship of teachers' conceptions of
mathematics and mathematics teaching to instructional practice12. Setting,
social class and survival of the quickest 13. 'I'll be a nothing':
structure, agency and the construction of identity through assessment 14.
Pupils' perspectives on learning mathematics